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The post Producer Bob Rock Finally Explains the Much-Maligned Snare Drum Sound on Metallica’s St. Anger appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Metallica’s 2003 album St. Anger is often derided, due ...

During the recording of the album and as documented in the band's Some Kind of Monster film, Metallica frontman James Hetfield entered rehab for anger and alcohol issues, shutting down the band's ...

The post Metallica’s Lars Ulrich on St. Anger Snare Drum Sound: “I Stand Behind It a Hundred Percent” appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Fans and music critics alike have condemned Ulrich’s St.

Ash Soan has the sort of career that most drummers dream of. From recording drums for A-list musicians and producers, to sharing his journey as an engineer from his instantly-recognisable Windmill ...

Metallica’s career is littered with questionable production choices. The lack of bass on …And Justice For All, the polished gloss of The Black Album, the brickwalled master on Death Magnetic… the list ...

Why beat a dead horse when you can beat a keg with a baseball bat while playing along to a handful of Metallica songs, pretending it's actually the snare drum sound from the band's infamous St. Anger ...

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Though a snare is familiar to every drummer behind the ...

DRUMS WEEK 2025: Many computer musicians shy away from programming their own acoustic (as opposed to electronic) drum tracks, understandably concerned that since they don’t know how to play a real ...

Even 17 years after Metallica released St. Anger, the hollow, ringing snare tone that dominates the band's eighth studio album still prompts listeners to wonder, 'what were they thinking?' The ...